In each of the synoptic Gospels, Our Lord tells his disciples -- including you and me -- to keep watch for his Second Coming.

Sing Christmas carols during Advent. Put up the tree before Halloween.

Our consumer culture says "party all the time." But Advent songs emphasize the darkness that comes before the light.

O Lord, How Shall I Meet You” is a perfect Lutheran hymn for the weeks before Christmas, but shoppers will never hear it between Muzak versions of “Jingle Bells” and ...

In her Scriptures and prayers, however, the church does not look toward Bethlehem until Dec. 17. And each year, on the second ...

Advent is a season of expectation. In the liturgy of these weeks, a recurrent theme is God’s closeness to humanity. The Old ...

Saint Seachnall, who was sent by Saint Patrick from Britain or Gaul to Ireland in the year 439AD. History records that Seachnall wrote a hymn in honor of Saint Patrick, which is probably the first ...

Advent's Lent-like waiting period is exactly why churches do not immediately whip out Christmas trees at the end of Ordinary ...

For the first time, the Filipino Catholic Apostolate (FILCA), led by Rev. Rhey Garcia, oversaw the preparations under the ...

A dramatic, candle-lit service of hymns, readings, and anthems sung by the St Margaret’s Choristers and Consort. This service will reflect upon the Advent themes of judgement and of the joyful ...

That message ❝doesn't work at Walmart, where Christmas starts at Halloween. Our culture doesn't understand the idea of ...